
Swift vs. Mainwaring
The Examiner and The Medley
Frank H. Ellis(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 29. August 1985
Book
Hardback
584 pages
978-0-19-812522-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this edition the text of The Examiner is presented as Swift wrote it, not as it was revised for publication by George Faulkner in 1738. And for the first time Swift's Examiners are juxtaposed with the Medleys of Arthur Mainwaring that replied to them every week. They bring the reader close to the actualites of London between November 1710 and June 1711. From the literary point of view The Examiner is important because it contains some of Swift's best work. Even under the pressure of weekly publication he was still able to achieve, in Herbert Davis's words, 'an aloofness as if beyond bias and passion'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
5 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1113 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-812522-8 (9780198125228)
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Editor
Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and LiteratureMary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and Literature, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts